Chapter 411 - 8.11 House Rules
"Haha..." Ji Yan laughed awkwardly and shoved the card back into his pocket when he saw Lu Yizhou’s expression darkened. "I told you... my luck has always been extremely good and it just gets better at this kind of game." He cleared his throat and looked around. "Oh let’s gather with everyone, shall we? I bet there will be a new scenario soon."
Lu Yizhou looked around to confirm that everyone had left during their conversation, leaving the dining room empty save from the two of them. He nodded. "Let’s go."
Arriving at the door, Lu Yizhou saw that the whole teammates plus Baines were already waiting for them in the hallway. As usual, Olivia complained with a sour face. "What are you taking so long in there for? Getting chummy with each other eh?"
Ji Yan made a noise of confusion. "Miss Irene doesn’t understand how to use the system panel so I was just telling her how. That’s all. Oh right, guys, what did you get from the side quest completion?"
Without any warning, Lu Yizhou’s scalp suddenly tingled and he snapped his head back so quickly that he almost got a whiplash. He surveyed the empty space before him warily. Something — or someone — was watching him. Lu Yizhou wouldn’t mistake a feeling like this. It was the same feeling he got when he stood outside the manor earlier and saw the pallid face staring at him from the window.
Once, he could regard it as a coincidence. But twice?
Lu Yizhou wasn’t so naive to think that the only threat in the family was Luca. But what if... it was his lover? What if it was his lover who had been watching him since then? Lu Yizhou’s heart suddenly lurched in his chest but before he could do something to test his hypothesis, Ji Yan had called out for him.
"Miss Irene?" He craned his neck to follow Lu Yizhou’s line of sight. Finding nothing but the empty dining room, he turned to Lu Yizhou in confusion. "Is there something wrong?"
"No," Lu Yizhou shook his head and barely calmed the rapid thumping of his heart. "Nothing’s wrong."
"Esteemed guest," Baines spoke out and inclined his head politely. "Master has ordered me to arrange rooms for you. Please follow me."
Subsequently, they got a tour around the first floor of the mansion; the dreary garden, piano room, and library. Along the way, Lu Yizhou noted how he did not see any servants around. Weird... it was impossible for Baines to maintain such a huge mansion all by himself and it was not like the family was so poor that they could only hire Baines. So where had the servants gone?